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Title: The Street railway journal
Year: 1884 (1880s)
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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation
Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.
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s to attend to. It would be difficult to find a company wherethe rolling stock is more uniform. Most of the cars on thesystem were built by J. M. Jones Sons, of West Troy, andTaylor single trucks, Westinghouse 12-A motors with K-10controllers are standard. There are 193 box cars with 18-ft.to 20-ft. bodies, 158 nine-bench open cars, 6 express cars, 12snow-plows, 6 sweepers and 12 service cars. Providencefenders are used on both ends, and one of the most stringentrules for motormen is that they shall test the fenders bytripping them at the end of each run. For winter servicebetween Albany and Troy the company has purchased eleven38-ft. double-truck cars, built by the J. G. Brill Company, andten more of these have been ordered. These were purchased inanswer to a demand for smoker facilities, and to compete withthe service of steam roads between the two cities. These carshave a peculiar seating arrangement, with four cross-seats ateither end of the passenger compartment, and longitudinal
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PLAN OF LANSINGBURG CAR HOUSES AND OFFICES Street Ry.Journal August 29, 1903.) STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. 299 seats occupying the remaining space on both sides. At one endof the car, partitioned off as in Pullman sleeping car, is asmoking compartment with seats around the sides. By thisarrangement ladies may enter from either end without sub-mitting to the annoyance of tobacco smoke. A cheap and con-venient method has been adopted for preventing passengersfrom getting on or off open cars on the wrong side when ondouble track. A twine netting is strung over the entire side ofthe car and is buttoned at each end and to the center post. It UNITED TRACTION CO. DAILY REPORT OP CARS REPAIRED CAR HOUSE REPORT FOR LE GAL DEPARTMENT LOCATION Car BodyWindowsStepsGates Crab HandlesDoorsFoot GongsSignal BellsFendersHeaters Lighting Circuit Push Button Circuit Trolley Circuit Diverters Motor Switches Fuse Box Controllers Controller Cable Hand Brakes Air Brakes Emergency Brakes Motors Trucks Wheels Axl

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